Spain lifted a third Davis Cup trophy in a decade, continuing an Olympic year victory tradition with a 3-1 defeat of Argentina on Monday.

Roger Federer scraped past James Blake on Tuesday in a one-set exhibition game, showing no signs of the back strain or stomach bug that hampered him at last week's season-ending Masters Cup.

Roger Federer plans to regain the number one ranking in 2009 and surpass Pete Sampras's Grand Slam record, but says winning Wimbledon is his top priority.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic set his sights on becoming world number one after moving just 10 points behind second-placed Roger Federer in the rankings with his Masters Cup win.

World number three Novak Djokovic thrashed Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 in the Masters Cup final on Sunday to lift his second major trophy this year.

Russia's Nikolay Davydenko shocked in-form Andy Murray to set up a surprise Masters Cup final against world number three Novak Djokovic on Saturday.

Somdev Devvarman and Izak Van Der Merwe stunned fourth-seeded pair of Llia Bozoljac and Chris Haggard to reach the semi-finals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger series event in Champaign, USA.

World number three Novak Djokovic roared into his first Masters Cup final with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Gilles Simon on Saturday.

Britain's Andy Murray sent defending champion Roger Federer crashing out of the Masters Cup in a classic encounter on Friday.

Gilles Simon swept aside Czech alternate Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-4 on Friday but faced an anxious wait to see if he would reach the Masters Cup semi-finals.

Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman bowed out of professional tennis on Friday after a glittering 17-year career that earned him nine Grand Slam doubles titles.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy ended their Masters Cup campaign without winning a single set, bowing out after a third successive straight-set defeat on Friday.

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles failed to make it to the last four of the Tennis Masters Cup, going down 7-6(3), 6-7(4),5-10 to Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and Peru's Luis Horna in a cliffhanger in Shanghai on Thursday.

Britain's Andy Murray said he's looking to deliver the knock-out blow to ailing Masters Cup champion Roger Federer, whose bid for a fifth title has been hit by an untimely stomach complaint.

Britain's Andy Murray moved into the Masters Cup semi-finals on Wednesday while Roger Federer kept his title defence alive against Radek Stepanek, a late replacement for the injured Andy Roddick.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's chance of reaching the semi-finals of Tennis Masters Cup went up in smoke after they succumbed to their second successive defeat in the season-ending $4,45,000 ATP event.

World number six Andy Roddick dealt the Tennis Masters Cup another blow when he pulled out of the elite season finale with an ankle injury on Wednesday.

World number three Novak Djokovic survived a big scare against Nikolay Davydenko to reach the Masters Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

World number four Andy Murray is eyeing a spot in the Masters Cup semi-finals after winning a see-sawing debut clash against America's Andy Roddick.

Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal on Monday confirmed that he will not compete in the Davis Cup final against Argentina this month due to a knee injury.